Looking for particular ss7 mobo....

kalabok · Post by **kalabok** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:26 am

congrats, c.imp!

another sis540 board:

leadtek winfast 5400max. i downloaded a chinese manual, it claims the board to support 166 mhz fsb. ok, with an asterisc, but ...

there is an ibm aptiva socket 7 board - the ibm 2196-47.

all seem to look very similar - the adimm slot confuses everywhere.

theEMP · Post by **theEMP** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:13 pm

ok how soon until we see some of these 166 screenies then?

kalabok · Post by **kalabok** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:35 am

i would be lucky to see 100mhz screenies of the sis540. it seems that nobody here before tried out that chipset.

lets sit and wait ...

Stedman5040 · Post by **Stedman5040** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:13 am

I wouldn't hold your breath as we all know the SIS530 chipset is not a great performer. The SIS540 is similar to the SIS630 which was developed for the socket 370 set up. I have tested the SIS630 chipset and it suffers from exactly the same poor memory throughput exhibited by the SIS530 chipset.

Stedman

kalabok · Post by **kalabok** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:34 am

stedman,

its just for the knowledge about the last socket7 chipsets. who knows, maybe 1 ghz is theoretically possible or sis540 video onboard runs well at 133mhz?
its just for messing around a bit ...

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:09 pm

Steve finally got around to checking all his stock in storage, and unfortunately he does not have any of the various Sis540 chipset boards at this time.

kalabok · Post by **kalabok** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:20 am

thanks anyway, jim.

i will try to find a board outside of europe. same way i found the k6-III 475. maybe i will have some luck.

aleksej · Post by **aleksej** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:35 pm

Finally i got that mobo (DFI K6BV3+/66). It have revision B1.
Not test it yet.
Anyone know what differences between B1 and B2 revisions?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:38 pm

Nope, and I have them both.

aleksej · Post by **aleksej** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:59 am

Jim, do you have unused at this time rev.B2 mb? Can you make big sharp photo and host it that i can chek differences, please?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:55 pm

They are not unused. Superpuppy 5 has a 1 Meg cache Rev B2, and Superpuppy 3 has a 2 Meg cache Rev B2. You can find pics of both of them in my "What is a Superpuppy?" post. I doubt however if you will see any obvious differences. Possibly the chipset version is different; but mine are under fans now.

aleksej · Post by **aleksej** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:18 pm

OK, i see, thanks. By the way for me motherboard like K6BV3+ with occupied ISA slots came absolutely useless. Anyway, you make superb rig

Did you know something about BB+ revision? It is the same as rev.B2 (just it 2nd name) or something little different instead of both rev.B1 & B2?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:29 am

Thanks for the compliment; unfortunately, however, my temperature sensing setup is not working and probably never will. That is because the sensors are "thermocouples", (cheap capitalist junk), instead of thermistors. Thermistors would have worked; but thermocouples apparently have zero impedance; and according to KachiWachi require that the circuit be made entirely of 1 kind of metal, (thereby making soldering imposible, - you have to weld the stupid things). Useless crap; but probably 1/4 of a cent cheaper, and hence preferred by manufacturers. What kills is the Enermax is designed to take its readings from thermocouples; and if I substituted thermistors for the thermocouples, the variation in impedance would be such that the readings would be out of range.

As for the Rev BB+, never heard of it. It may possibly be a generic term for both the Rev B1 and the Rev B2.

aleksej · Post by **aleksej** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:53 pm

Checked my K6BV3+ today. It have 2mb cache and works great!

kalabok · Post by **kalabok** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:03 pm

again and again

i am surprised of the diverse number of socket 7 moherboards. since i am using an at board, there is a lack of pci slots, if i want to install more addon cards.
and now i found the ti5vga from tmc - atx format, but 6 pci slots and one agp. wow, i thought. but the most surprising was a single 2mb cache chip! elitemt, of course. mvp3, udma66, 133fsb and 1,3V support makes this board even more interesting.

as there are 6,5ns tag-rams out there, i still dont burried the idea of running the cache at 133mhz ... but i wont have time for that